Disease Experts Team Up With Florida Museum of Natural History To Create a Forecast for West Nile Virus (Florida Museum)
UF researchers collaborated to develop a statistical model based on two decades of sentinel chicken data to forecast West Nile virus activity in Florida up to six months in advance, providing health officials with a proactive tool to help prevent outbreaks.
How Cells Power Down During Viral Attack
A team of UF researchers has uncovered how cells temporarily shut down protein production during viral attack, a discovery that could shape future antiviral drug development.
Mosquitoes That Transmit West Nile Virus Love To Bite Non-Native Lizards: What’s Next?
A new study published in Frontiers by faculty at UF/IFAS Florida Medical Entomology finds that Culex mosquitoes prefer to feed on lizards. This finding might help researchers find ways to reduce the number of West Nile-carrying mosquitoes within an ecosystem.